Shiny and Ready for the Road

It’s always nice to start a road trip with a clean and shiny rig … even if it doesn’t stay that way for long.
It’s always nice to start a road trip with a clean and shiny rig … even if it doesn’t stay that way for long.
Sunshine … blue skies … a comfy 69F … Pikes Peak bidding us farewell.
What more could we ask for as we begin a road trip that will take us to Southwestern Colorado with a dip into Utah.
Except for the one glitch I wrote about in the previous footprint, we had an uneventful drive to Mancos, Colorado. Uneventful but a long drive … made all the more so due to the hour we spent at aもっと詳しく
Today was a much needed time of rest after our long day of driving yesterday.
Our day of R&R started off with a late breakfast … during which we watched bits and pieces of the funeral for Queenもっと詳しく
Today was the first of the two days we set aside for visiting Mesa Verde National Park (MVNP) … and what a day it was. Not only did the weather cooperate — at least until mid-afternoon — but weもっと詳しく
Rain, rain … go away! Unfortunately repeating those words did no good today. So, instead of going out for a hike, we took care a few things around the RV this morning.
Taking advantage of a slightもっと詳しく
With the skies clouding over and the rain beginning to fall, we drove over to the Cortez Cultural Center … the original reason we came to town.
The center, which is housed in a mercantile buildingもっと詳しく
Since the Cortez Cultural Center did not take up too much of our time, we decided to add the Anasazi Heritage Center to our afternoon outing … about 10 miles away.
Located on the outskirts ofもっと詳しく
It rained all through the night. It rained all through the morning … and through much of the afternoon. It wasn’t until 3:00p that the skies stopped shedding tears and the sun broke through theもっと詳しく
旅行者ready!! we are a little bit shiny after some heavy rain but not that shiny.
Two to TravelWe’re going to get rain next week … hopefully while we’re in a campground.
旅行者looking forward to following along. some other friends are j u st now returning from Calif to southern Utah